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Orchis

noun

1.

Any of various deciduous terrestrial orchids having fleshy tubers and flowers in erect terminal racemes.

2.

One of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens. Synonyms: ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, testicle, testis.

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"Orchis" Quotes from Famous Books

... elevations are golden with tormintilla; a richer gold is that which lies below, where the marsh glows with bog asphodel. The flowering rush spreads its pale pink blossoms; a deeper crimson is the marsh orchis showing its spires among the drooping clusters of the waxy-pink, cross-leaved heath, and the green or pale ...

— The Broom-Squire • S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

... tranquil swan is borne, Imaged in a watery glass, Where the sprays of fresh pink thorn Stoop to catch the boats that pass, Where the earliest orchis grows, Bury ...

— Ionica • William Cory (AKA William Johnson)

... bed of soft black mud, may be seen the pink Arethusa, fair as a rose leaf, the rare Calypso, the singular trilliums, the graceful adder's-tongue, and several species of the remarkable Cypripediums, or lady's-slipper. The beautiful spring orchis, the only orchis blossoming early, of most delicate white and purple tints, flourishes in damp, rich woods, and the Cornus, or dogwood, lights up the shady nooks with ...

— Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

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